Welcome to the SDSU chapter of ACM!

Here's the latest news:

Graduate School Workshop

When: Fri, Dec 5th

Where: HH 214

Time: 1:00-3:00 PM

Everything you wanted to know about Graduate School!
Ever thought about doing research? Ever wondered what all the MS and PhD students spend their time doing? Maybe you should think about graduate school.
Come to a panel discussion about graduate school and learn:

What is graduate school?

What programs are available at SDSU?

What programs are available elsewhere?

What careers does a graduate degree lead to?

How much does it cost, and how do I pay for it?

Should I apply to graduate school?

When are graduate applications due?

How are graduate applications compared?

Learn more about financial aid, finding a suitable program and adviser, what your GRE scores mean, putting together an application, how the applications are reviewed, and everything else you wanted to know about the graduate school application process.
There will be representatives of the CS MS program, BMI MS program, CSRC MS program, and CSRC PhD programs to answer all your questions.

Darrell Long Talk

When: Thu, Nov 13th

Where: GMCS 405

Time: 3:15-4:00 PM

ACM is proud to present Darrell Long, a former student at SDSU, now a full professor at UC Santa Cruz. Students are encouraged to attend this talk (which will be brief, so that there is an opportunity to ask about careers, potential graduate studies, his experiences, etc.) Dr. Long was also a research scientist at IBM, responsible for several patents, and consults
at interesting places such as Livermore and Los Alamos.

UNIX/ROHAN Workshop

When: Wed, Nov 12th

Where: GMCS 214

Time: 7:00 PM

This will be a great opportunity for students to learn about the UNIX operating system, particularly on SDSU's computing server, Rohan. Workshop includes topics like, What is UNIX, Useful commands on UNIX, using power tools on unix, What is Rohan, How to obtain your own personal Rohan account, The benefits of having a Rohan account, using different compilers, how to transfer files between your computer and Rohan, sending and receiving emails on your Rohan account, Code Editors, Introduction to Shell Scripting and more. Students are encouraged to being their laptops and participate in the workshop. This workshop is part of a series of workshop about a variety of exiting topics from Computer Science and Engineering that will be hosted by ACM this year.
UNIX Notes

ACM Meeting

When: Thu, Oct 16th

Where: GMCS 405

Time: 3:15-4:00 PM

The next meeting for the ACM club will take place in GMCS 405 at 3:15 PM on Thursday October 16th, 2014. Please join us to follow up with the latest news and exciting future plans for the
ACM club and learn from experts, network with other students and explore different topics in computing.

ACM Elections

When: Wed, May 1st

Where: GMCS 418

Time: 4:00 PM

Greetings!

Are you looking to get involved with the computer science community? Have you ever thought about what you could to do polish your resume? Interested in doing more to upgrade your skills in computer science? Well here's your opportunity to get started by becoming a ACM Officer!!!!!

This Wednesday we will be holding elections for positions of SDSU's ACM student chapter. The elections will take place in room GMCS 418 at 4 p.m. this Wednesday. Available positions include: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Web Admin and CSSC Representative of the club.

We will also be giving our farewell to Dr. Kris Stewart and welcome our new faculty adviser, Dr. Rob Edwards!

All SDSU Students are welcome to attend and run for an officer position!

Here's a brief description of some of the available positions:

Chair - The Chair is the principal officer and is responsible for leading the Chapter and managing its activities in accordance with the policies and procedures of the ACM and these bylaws.

Vice Chair - The Vice Chair shall preside at meetings in the absence of the Chair, assist the Chair in the management of the Chapter, and perform other duties that may be assigned by the Chair.

Secretary - The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all Chapter and Executive Council meetings. Other duties of the Secretary include:

Topic:
Have you wondered how you can start App programming? Come to our workshop this Friday from 12-4pm in GMCS 327 and learn how to program your own Apps for Windows 8 mobile devices!!!

Bret Stateham will be on campus holding a workshop for ALL SDSU students for the "Windowsw8 App Madness Challenge." Bring your laptop and come learn with us. Each App you turn in and is accepted to Microsoft's App store will net you a $100 Visa gift card (up to 15).

Not only will you get a $100 gift card, you'll be eligible to win prizes from Microsoft including one of four trips! See http://aka.ms/win8appmadnessfacebook for details.

In the workshop, Bret will be guiding us on how to build an App from scratch using templates and help us get it published.

For more information, please visit http://aka.ms/win8appmadnessfacebook

Resume WorkshopWith Twitter Technical Recruiter Keith Harris

When: Monday, March 11th

Where: GMCS 301

Time: 5:30 PM

Topic: Keith Harris will be flying down from SF to provide a resume/job search/interview workshop. He wants to teach students how to "get to the top of the stack" when applying to jobs and has the additional experience of working at Google, Yahoo, and Skype.

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and is open to all students.